You got caught by the welcome message. See, when I see that one in particular, I get mad because I spent years moving ROM hack threads out of Advance Generation. So I see it and think "GOD NO I HATE THEM!!"

Sadly the event already ended in my timezone, but yeah I knew I was going to miss out on this event anyway because every time I use the DS/3DS for the sake of connecting to wi-fi... it always never connects.

Given I lack a second 3DS (blame it on my bro's retirement from Pokemon) it also leaves several of my Pokemon unable to fully evolve because I can't trade. But yeah I hope everyone who was able to get the Blazikenite Torchic managed to pick it up!

Xenoblade and The Last Story are very high up on my list! My local game store had a buy one get one free sale on Wii games (on the day I bought my Wii U...serious luck there! XD) And they had a copy of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn and a copy of Xenoblade and both were $64.99...but they said Xenoblade wasn't part of the sale cause the owner had went to Gamestop and actually paid cash for them so they could have a few copies in the store. But they had two copies of Radiant Dawn so I got one copy free and I'm sellling it on eBay to get my copy of Xenoblade. So essentially I'm getting a copy of both games for $33 or so each (which is pretty good I think). I also got Galaxy and Super Paper Mario for about $8 each thanks to the sale. lol

I figured I buy The Last Story later since the pricing seems to be pretty stable at $30 for a new copy. I should have some time before it becomes hard to find.

Wii Mode on the Wii U pretty much just makes the Wii U literally boot into a Wii. So no Gamepad support on Classic Controller games. And since the Wii U doesn't have GC ports, you can't use a Gamecube controller either.

It's really half-assed, especially after the last update when they allowed you to play Wii games on the Gamepad itself...but you still have to use a Wiimote and can't use the Gamepad buttons.

At least the Classic Controller Pro is really nice and if you plan on playing games like Xenoblade/The Last Story/Mario Kart/Smash, it's the best option. And $20.

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